There must have been so much chaos in those last days in Berlin, piecing together what actually happened is difficult.
(If anyone is interested, watch the film Downfall - it really conveys this panic and chaos in the bunker really really well).
I'm open minded due to the lack of concrete evidence on both sides - The Soviets were a dodgy bunch at best and could not be trusted as far as they could be thrown.
But the issue I always think of is Goebbels and his family's bodies were found in the bunker (Goebbel's body was burnt). That's a fact and you can make of it what you will. Why didn't he get away? Or, alternatively, why was his body left alone.
It was a crazy time and in such a politically charged era at the climax of WW2 who knows what people's motives are for lying or telling the truth.
If he didn't die in Berlin I'm surprised no one has blurted the location of his body or the existence of some other concrete evidence.
(If anyone is interested, watch the film Downfall - it really conveys this panic and chaos in the bunker really really well).
I'm open minded due to the lack of concrete evidence on both sides - The Soviets were a dodgy bunch at best and could not be trusted as far as they could be thrown.
But the issue I always think of is Goebbels and his family's bodies were found in the bunker (Goebbel's body was burnt). That's a fact and you can make of it what you will. Why didn't he get away? Or, alternatively, why was his body left alone.
It was a crazy time and in such a politically charged era at the climax of WW2 who knows what people's motives are for lying or telling the truth.
If he didn't die in Berlin I'm surprised no one has blurted the location of his body or the existence of some other concrete evidence.